"Belle, I think you are onto something there. There certainly was a point of time in my life where "if I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all"--Muddy Waters. As a result I find the good in wherever I happen to be.
BTW, I…"
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Jeremy Myob replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"Chance has no memory, but after a series of random events we'll have a curve on which the outcomes are distributed. We'd describe someone at the far end of the curve as lucky. I don't think we should ascribe magic powers…"
archaeopteryx replied to Ron Humphrey's discussion 'insane comment following tornadoes in Oklahoma'"I don't think both statements were made by the same group."
Misty: Baytheist Living! replied to Ed's discussion 'The mob psychology of human sacrifice.'"That's not exactly true, Matt.
Here is a great article on the evidence of extensive -and yes- obvious death camps that extended outside…"
Kris Feenstra replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"I rolled a vehicle once and walked away with nary a scratch. My first thoughts were, "I'm lucky it wasn't worse." Then I realized that was silly. If I was truly lucky, my vehicle wouldn't have rolled in the first place. At…"
Holo Gram replied to Ron Humphrey's discussion 'insane comment following tornadoes in Oklahoma'"when Obama is making the OK tornados? ROFL"
Kris Feenstra replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"Comes down to definitions. I'd say I was lucky to be born in a time and place where I had decent opportunities ahead of me and didn't have to struggle to survive. By saying 'lucky', I am only recognizing circumstances which…"
Holo Gram replied to Holo Gram's discussion 'Does every living animal have a consciousness?'"OK; throw in my wife too."
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